..” I left the sentence unfinished and stood aside to let Mike in. I purposely didn’t leave him much room and, as he brushed past me it was obviou... that my outfit had had the desired effect on him.Ten minutes passed while Mike checked the timer and I fixed us both a drink and when he came into the lounge I was sitting on the couch with two mugs of coffee on the coffee table. He came into the room and sat on the couch beside me. “Well, I’ve checked the timer,” he said, “and I can’t find anything. "Your father invited me to one of the school matches last year. You havegood form, maybe we can find time to spar some evening." Daddy motionedto the old family crest over the fireplace Mantle. "Of course I'm boundto be rusty, I haven't fenced in years. Dotty, you might like it too."he suggested."Do you want to try it Daddy," asked Sophie offering her blade up tohim.He blanched, "Heavens no Angel, it's bad luck to handle another person'sblade."After that we lead Gary up to our room, "Ok, so. ...cum shooting at me...." She continued and you could tell she was serious by her eyes..."but no one gets in me...got it? I'm not k**ding about that..."We set a date...it was going to be a Saturday afternoon....we had a place, Scotts' folks were gone for the weekend and we had their house.We were all there, and you could feel the electricity in the air....Janet definitely had the plan....she broke the ice with "Well....let's get started!" and proceeded to strip in front of us...."You. We did find out this morning that we were to get a new minister next month. Pastor David Morse had been assigned to another congregation in Colorado. Our new minister, Pastor Rebecca DeMonay would be here next Sunday as a guest speaker. We all hoped she was not a monotone speaker. Other than that, church was boring as usual; well, except for the Joe and Betty show. You know, Joe snoring and Betty smacking his arm to wake him up. The third time she woke him, she must have pinched him as Joe.